Aviation

Two people have escaped with minor injuries after a light plane crashed in Northland.

Flying restrictions on the Air Force's NH90 helicopters are in place after an emergency landing near Blenheim.

The chief executive of United Airlines has apologised for the 'truly horrific' removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight.

The father of a pilot killed when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashed in 2014 says that aircraft can become impossible to control in some situations.

The type of fog that has caused Wellington's flight chaos can be expected about six times a year, a meteorologist says.

Far too many air accidents are caused by polluted fuel, insufficient fuel, or blocked fuel lines starving aircraft engines of gas, the Civil Aviation Authority says.

The decision to let Wellington Airport build the shortest possible safety area for any runway extension should be revisited, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Up to 500 extra people could be stationed at Ohakea if Singapore uses it to train its F-15 fighter jet pilots.

A pilot has died after a helicopter battling fires on the Port Hills near Christchurch crashed this afternoon.

A Qantas flight bound for Melbourne had to return to Auckland yesterday after a man died on board.

Wellington Airport has trespassed the country's only convicted plane hijacker, as the end of her sentence looms.

Pilots are vowing to keep a close watch on the case of a convicted hijacker whose sentence ends early next month.

The public should not be worried about the country's first convicted plane hijacker, despite her threats to reoffend, says the Mental Health Foundation.

The country's only convicted plane hijacker has almost completed her prison sentence, and is threatening to hijack another aircraft if she gets the chance.

The Air Line Pilots' Association is calling for a total ban on high-powered lasers after reports one was aimed at a plane leaving Wellington.

Police have arrested a badly behaved passenger who forced a United Airlines flight to divert to Auckland.

A pilot found drunk in the cockpit of his plane in Canada has been arrested shortly before take-off.

Investigators leading the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 say the plane is not likely to be in the current search area, but could be further north.

The Air New Zealand flight attendant "stumbled backwards and fell" after a 75-year-old man pushed her while boarding.

Traces of explosives have been found on victims of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May, Egyptian investigators say.